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Friday, 5 April 2013

Moral Dilemma

Today is market day.Women have come downfrom their remote villagesto their nearest town.They greet one anotheramong the busy stallsbut pay scant attentionto the vendors’ calls.They talk about their loversand extol their virilityyet point out the dangersthat go with promiscuity.The opinion is prevalentwe ought to warn all maidsnot to indulge in shenanigansin case they catch Aids.It would be so much betterif they could get protectionbut they are subjectedto religious objection.Clerics of different creedsraise their hands in horrorand declare we shall livein Sodom or Gomorrah.So prudence is requestedand also self-controlbut, given human nature,it won’t work at all.

6 comments:

Couldn't agree more. It is when people follow their faith blindly and accept outdated dogmas that one can be excused in thinking that Marx was right in saying that religion is "the opium of the people".

I haven't seen the ad myself but I understand that it wanted to emphasise the importance of safe sex. The reason in seeking to ban it was that it encouraged promiscuity. This article on the BBC News - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21859665 -shows the commercial in question and the message it contains. It doesn't spell out that women are guilty but that they are quite happy to entertain multiple relationship.